GPT-5.4 Pro vs Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

GPT-5.4 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 94 to 55. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.4 Pro's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 89 against 32.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 86 to 21.

GPT-5.4 Pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $30.00 input / $180.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.10 input / $0.40 output per 1M tokens for Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite. That is roughly 450.0x on output cost alone. GPT-5.4 Pro is the reasoning model in the pair, while Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. GPT-5.4 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 1M for Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Knowledge

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

88.8

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

51.2

99
MMLU
63
99
GPQA
62
97
SuperGPQA
60
94
OpenBookQA
58
94
MMLU-Pro
63
50
HLE
1

Coding

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

89

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

32.7

95
HumanEval
55
86
SWE-bench Verified
22
86
LiveCodeBench
21

Mathematics

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

98

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

63.1

99
AIME 2023
63
99
AIME 2024
65
99
AIME 2025
64
96
HMMT Feb 2023
59
98
HMMT Feb 2024
61
97
HMMT Feb 2025
60
97
BRUMO 2025
62
99
MATH-500
71

Reasoning

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

96.7

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

64

97
SimpleQA
60
95
MuSR
58
98
BBH
74

Instruction Following

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

79

97
IFEval
79

Multilingual

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

73

97
MGSM
73

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.4 Pro or Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite?

GPT-5.4 Pro is ahead overall, 94 to 55. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 86 and 21.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.8 versus 51.2. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.4 Pro or Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 32.7. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.4 Pro or Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98 versus 63.1. Inside this category, HMMT Feb 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.4 Pro or Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 96.7 versus 64. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.4 Pro or Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 79. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 73. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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